Rainmaking plan and disaster designation proposed by Oklahoma governor
Gov. David Hall urged a presidential disaster area designation for 11 western Oklahoma counties and the Altus Lagert Irrigation District. He pressed for a weather modification project with aerial cloud seeding based in Altus, seeking funds after a discouraging 1971 pilot. The council moved to set water and sewer main extension policy and enacted strict rabies exposure controls for dogs and cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Civil Defense Office
Comanche County
Oklahoma
David Hall
Altus-Lugert
Altus
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Bureau of Reclamation
Lake Ellsworth
Forrest Nelson
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Hall
Jackson
Comanche
Harmon, Greer
Kiowa
Tillman, Cotton, Jefferson, Wash
Ita
Beckham
Caddo
Altus-Lagert
OEP
Altus Group
State Board of Health
Civil Service Suspends Six Career Executives
The Civil Service Commission suspended six GSA executives for soliciting money for a Republican fund raising dinner on government property. Penalties ranged 30 to 60 days without pay, amid Hatch Act violations claimed by the officials who said they misunderstood the political nature of the event. Lewis E. Spangler received 60 days. George W. Dobson Jr. 45 days. Eliot Gold, Joseph T. Weisgerber, Stephen White, and Reuben T. Morgan 30 days each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Service Commission
General Services Administration
GSA
Lewis E. Spangler
Spangler
Federal Supply Service
Commission
George W. Dobson Jr
Automated Data Management Services
Eliot Gold
Joseph T. Weisgerber
Stephen White
Reubert T. Morgan
GS Activisions
Lawton Woman Charged in Larceny Case
Lucille Brooks 23 of Lawton was arraigned in district court on attempted grand larceny. Judge John Taylor set April 24 for a preliminary hearing and $1000 bond. Brooks was arrested Friday at 332 D after a shoplifting report at Levine's Department Store. Police recovered a waste basket full of clothing and small personal articles.
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Lawton
Lucille Brooks
Douglas
John Taylor
Levine’s
German General Dol ling visits Fort Sill for briefings
Brig. Gen. Hanns-Wolrad Dolling chief German Army liaison to the U.S. and Canada arrives at Fort Sill for meetings with German Army and Air Force staffs and briefings on the U S Army Field Artillery Center and School. A museum tour caps the visit before Dolling departs for Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanns-Wolrad Dollary
U.S
Canada
Fort Sill
Air Force
U.S. Army Field Artillery Center
Dolling
Kansas City
Mexican Party To Visit Fort Sill For Training Tour
Eight field grade officers of the Mexican Army will arrive at Fort Sill at 10 a.m. Wednesday for orientation and observation of artillery training as part of the Inter-American Relations Program. Brig. Gen. Lawrence H. Caruthers Jr. will greet the visitors and brief them on the Field Artillery Center, post bookstore, and small unit tactics training before they depart Thursday for Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
U.S. Army
Lawrence H. Caruthers Jr
Field Artillery Center
Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
Last ACL Class Graduates At Sill
Fort Sill marks the end of its Artillery Combat Leadership course with 53 soldiers from B Battery OC Battalion graduating. Originated in 1967 to train NCOs for Vietnam, officials say new NCOs are not needed overseas. Top graduate Sgt Robert L Gunert of Siloam Springs Arkansas received the top gunner award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Vietnam
Robert L. Gunert
Siloam Springs
Ark
Saigon Says Invasion Forces Halted Near Dong Ha
Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam reports the main North Vietnamese invasion stalled at Dong Ha while other units fight southward. Allied and U.S. air strikes continue with heavy bombings around Quang Tri City as refugees swell to about 100,000.
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Saigon
Hoang Xuan Lam
Dong Ha
Lam
Dmz
U.S
North Vietnam
Laos
Quang Tri City
Dong Ha River
Hammer
Pedro
Anne
Hue
Quang Tri
Center to fund new release program for convicts
The center would receive 130 000 dollars from the administration to establish the program with about 25 inmates to start. The Corrections Department would handle future funding and 8 to 10 staff would run the center. It aims to teach work habits, job finding, public interaction, and financial responsibility. A similar Oklahoma City program had 167 men as of February 1.
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Corrections Department
Oklahoma City
Soldier sues Army over Fort Sill NCO school promise
PVT. LAWRENCE K. Tesson of Headquarters Battery files in Oklahoma City federal court charging the Army breached a contract promise to assign him to the Field Artillery NCO School at Fort Sill. He says disqualification in December led to Vietnam assignment and two rejections of hardship discharge by Maj. Gen. Roderick Wetherill as his family faced business loss from his father's injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence K. Tesson
Oklahoma City
Army
Tesson
Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Fied
Vietnam
Roderick Wetherill
Philip Horning
St. Louis
Wisconsin primary set as voters weigh tax reform and candidate shows
In Wisconsin the Democratic contest centers on taxes with Humphrey, Muskie, Wallace and Lindsay vying for momentum while McGovern seeks a statewide edge. Nixon leads the GOP, with Ashbrook and McCloskey inactive. polls open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. EST as crossovers from Republicans loom.
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Humphrey
Muskie
Florida
Wallace
Jackson
Lindsay
McGovern
Wisconsin
Nixon
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Ohio Conservative, and Paul N. McCloskey
California
McCloskey
New Hampshire
Ashbrook
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Sen
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Sam Yor
Milwaukee
Racine-Kenosha
Janesville
la Crosse
United Auto Workers Union
Alabama
Sheboygan
Green Bay
Madison
Green Bay Area
Explosion at Tulsa polls injures judge and bystanders
A blast in downtown Tulsa prompts a mass traffic jam as police and bomb squad respond. District Court Judge Fred S. Nelson, starting to vote, was critically injured but later recovered. Several students from Central High aided responders as investigators believe dynamite caused the explosion.
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Totten
Purdie
Central High School
David Calvert
Calvert
Fred S. Nelson
Nelson
Tulsa
Vietnamese Camp Carroll Surrender Confirmed by General
Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam said some troops at Camp Carroll surrendered after a clash near the demilitarized zone. He added the base commander shot himself to death. U.S. sources questioned the colonel’s fate, noting possible internal or self-inflicted causes. Authorities note press restrictions and censorship sensitivities amid postwar reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon Post
Hoang Xuan Lam
Camp Carroll
Kiowa Tribe to elect four to business Committee
Four Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma business Committee members will be elected on Saturday June 3 to fill expiring terms of Gus Palmer Robert Pinezaddleby Bill Queetone and Clyde Atepty. Filing runs April 3 to 24 with a $25 fee. Polls 8 am to 6 pm at five locations including Anadarko Hobart Lawton and Oklahoma City.
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The
Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma
Gus Palmer
Robert Pinezaddleby
Bill Queetone
Clyde Atepty
Kiowa Tribe
Kiowa Election Board
P.O. Box
Anadarko
Anadarko Agency
Soil & Moisture Conservation Office
Carnegie
Hobart Indian Center
Hobart
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Vietnam War Talks Face Shifts in North Viet Nam Stance
The Viet Cong and North Vietnam pressed for a new meeting, with notes accusing the United States of scuttling talks. North Vietnam did not admit troops in the South, and the communists softened calls for a positive U.S. response to their peace plan. The U.S. delegation prepared a formal reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
South
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
United States
Students Named To Honor Roll At Baylor University
Two Southwest Oklahoma students earned honors at Baylor University in Waco Texas for the fall semester. Donald Bynum Jr. made the Dean's Distinguished List with a 3.81 GPA as a biology major and Eisenhower High School alumnus. Rodney Lee Henry was named to the Dean's List with a 3.78 GPA as a psychology freshman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Oklahoma
Baylor University
Waco
Tex
Donald Bynum Jr
Donald K. Bynum
Eisenhower High School
Rodney Lee Henry
James Lloyd Henry
Duncan
Terra Resources Reports Second Quarter Earnings
Terra Resources Inc. posted net earnings of 815,887 for the second quarter with total income of 4,105,860 and earnings per share of 27 cents. The Tulsa based oil and gas company announced the results Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa, Okla
Terra Resources, Inc
Burglary Charge Filed Against David Barr in City Case
David William Barr, 18, of 2718 G Avenue, already on a seven year suspended sentence for second degree burglary, was arraigned Monday on a new second degree burglary charge. Preliminary hearing set for April 26 at 3 PM by Special District Judge John Taylor with bond $7,500. Barr arrested Sunday near 2015 D Avenue after a burglary at Burkett's Speed Wash. District Attorney Vernon Field will seek revocation of the suspended sentence and pursue the new charge. Barr was previously convicted January 25 of second degree burglary at Sheridan Inn, 917 S Sheridan Road, where a case of beer was taken.
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David William Barr
John Taylor
Barr
D Avenue
D. Burkett
Vernon Field
Sheridan Inn
S. Sheridan Road
Local ordinance tightens rules for roadside sales
The ordinance restricts display to 12 square feet per side and limits sales to licensed premises within 200 feet of the site. Each sale day counts as a separate offense with fines up to 20 dollars, license forfeiture for two years, and license applications require full name, address, sale location, article IDs, and an affidavit of ownership. Exemptions include court orders public officials and licensed auctioneers.
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South Dakota
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Wiliams
Jack Purdie
Fabric Sale
Ferris
Terra Resources Report
Harold W
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Chaney District
Poke
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Prudential
Ot— Lawton Lumber Co
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